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About 129,000 Bestar wall beds are being recalled after the furniture left one person dead and injuries were reported in 60 other incidents. The beds can detach from the wall and fall on people.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Joan Shelley's new song, and an HBO reality show that sets up single parents.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Wednesday's civilian deaths in Baghdad increase hostility toward the United States in many Arab nations. Vehement protests in Cairo are contained by Egyptian police. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

Iraq's information minister, reading a statement he said was from Saddam Hussein, calls for a holy war against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Meanwhile, Iraq's vice president insists the U.S. military has been unable to make progress in its march to Baghdad, and that Iraq has foiled U.S. war plans. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Fierce battles erupt on two fronts in Iraq. About 50 miles south of Baghdad on the Euphrates River, a U.S. Army division seizes the river town of Hindiyah. Farther south, Marines struggle to hold bridges over the Tigris River and move forces north toward Baghdad. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.

Tom Moon of the Philadelphia Inquirer reviews the latest effort by jazz guitarist Brad Shepik and his group the Brad Shepik Trio. The album is Drip. Shepik has played in every kind of band -- from an Eastern European group to big band; Moon says he uses all of those influences to create a distinctive sound.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ron Martz talks about helping a U.S. Army medic give first aid to a wounded Iraqi civilian last week near Najaf.

The latest installation in NPR's "War Diaries" series has the story from an Air Force pilot overseas.

All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie talks with United Nations Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator Ross Mountain about the situation on the ground in Iraq. Iraqi families currently have enough food to last through the month, and the expected flood of refugees has not yet materialized. But Mountain says the situation could worsen significantly.

The small town of Conyers, southeast of Atlanta, has lost two soldiers in Iraq -- Pfc. Diego Rincon, 19, and Army Spc. Jamaal Addison, 22. Conyers has been growing because of its proximity to Georgia's capital city, but it still has a small-town personality -- and many people there have passionate feelings about the war, and the town's losses. Hear NPR's Kathy Lohr.

The United States is getting ready to start a provisional civil administration for post-Saddam Iraq. It will be headed by a retired general who is sitting in Kuwait with a staff of advisers waiting for the green light to fly to Baghdad. Beyond that, the Pentagon has also flown a controversial exiled Iraqi leader and several hundred of his followers to Nasiriyah, Iraq, to add a loyal Iraqi component to the future administration. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Two journalists are killed after U.S. forces fire on their hotel in Baghdad. Pentagon officials say the Army's 3rd Infantry Division targeted the Palestine Hotel, the base for most of the foreign media in the Iraqi capital, in response to sniper fire from the hotel's rooftop. But journalists said they heard no shots from the hotel. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Facing sporadic resistance from Iraqi troops, U.S. Army tanks enter Baghdad while armored vehicles encircle the Iraqi capital, a U.S. Central Command spokesman says. Col. David Perkins of the 3rd Infantry Division says U.S.-led forces will increase their stranglehold on the city and "take bites and pieces at a time until the regime does collapse." Hear NPR's Anne Garrels and NPR's Eric Westervelt.

President Bush meets British Prime Minister Tony Blair today in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to plan for new leadership of Iraq. Blair wants a larger role for the United Nations than Bush has indicated would be welcome. Hear from NPR's Melissa Block and NPR's Don Gonyea.

Tonight, the women's basketball NCAA semifinals take place in Atlanta, GA. Monday night is the men's basketball championship. NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman joins All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie to discuss some of the highlights of the NCAA matches.

All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie speaks with the BBC's Hilary Andersson in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, where several thousand British troops make two incursions Sunday into the city, after weeks of battle.

NPR's Scott Horsley has a roundup of Sunday's events in Iraq. U.S. troops surround Baghdad and guard roads in and out of the city. British forces make their biggest push yet into the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Also, an apparent friendly fire incident kills at least 18 people in northern Iraq.

Scientists studying Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome say the flu-like illness may be caused by a previously unknown form of the corona virus, which is also causes the common cold. SARS has killed more than 80 people and sickened more than 2,400, mostly in Asia. Hear NPR's Joanne Silberner.

Facing fierce Iraqi resistance, U.S. Army troops enter Baghdad from the south, but do not cross the Tigris River into the center of the city. U.S. officials say the three-hour incursion is exercise in psychological warfare; Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart says it is a "clear statement of the ability of the coalition forces to move into Baghdad at a time and place of their choosing." Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

Thoughts from Gus Martinez, an Alaskan park ranger who's helping to bolster security at Mt. Rushmore.

As President Bush will meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Northern Ireland to discuss possible plans for post-war Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. and British political differences over Iraq's reconstruction surface, with at least one British official pushing for a larger U.N. role in rebuilding Iraq. Hear NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Craig Smith, reporter for the New York Times, in Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. Smith spoke with a Shiite cleric who told him that Ba'ath Party officials in Basra are seeking a way to surrender. The cleric says that the party officials have no support among Iraqi people there and are worried about mob violence against them if they step down.

American military forces stage a major raid on a downtown Baghdad villa, killing several Iraqis. U.S. officials make no immediate comment on the target of the raid, but neighbors suspect the troops were looking for Saddam Hussein. The raid caps the deadliest weekend yet for U.S. troops since major hostilities ended. NPR's Eric Westervelt talks to NPR's Jacki Lyden.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defends the U.S. decision to release post-mortem photographs of Uday and Qusay Hussein, saying the images will help convince Iraqis that Saddam Hussein's sons are dead. But many Iraqis call for further proof. Meanwhile, three more U.S. soldiers die when their convoy is ambushed. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten and Eric Westervelt.